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Continue reading →: The aftermath of 9/11
September 11 attacks – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. This is the anniversary of the day that had even the French saying "we are all Americans now." I remember a baffled Polish colleague coming into my office in Warsaw with the news. I remember waiting to hear if colleagues in the…
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Continue reading →: Nemo dat quod non habet
Alex Salmond promises British citizenship if Scotland becomes separate nation – Telegraph. I support the SNP's campaign for Scottish independence. I have even been known to send Mr Salmond's party a donation. More English people now support Scottish independence than Scots. Let's face it. We have not heard a friendly…
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Continue reading →: Write your own epitaph
nourishing obscurity: [rip] compose your own epitaph. James Higham is asking his readers to compose their own epitaph today, which is an interesting idea. More controversially, he's inviting them to compose epitaphs for his regular community of commenters. This is how I would like to be remembered. Why not head…
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Continue reading →: Britiblog 238: The end of the Summer hols version
Suz Blog: Britiblog 238: The end of the Summer hols version.A catholic selection from Suz. Enjoy.
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Continue reading →: Sympathy for the devil
Britain to press Libya to compensate IRA victims | Top News | Reuters. I find the Al-Megrahi farce interesting, but I share few of the sentiments being expressed. For once, I sympathise with the British government, at least in some respects. I am reluctant to join in the gleeful trouncing…
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Continue reading →: Tom Paine’s Daughter
Tom Paine's Daughter I would have to be pretty churlish not to link to this blog, wouldn't I? While your blogger has two daughters and one of them is highly political (and has been known to blog) I think this new blogger is claiming a relationship to the original and…
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Continue reading →: SAS man bullied?
Muslim SAS soldier sues MoD for racial discrimination – Telegraph. To think I was hard on a member of my own learned profession for playing the victimhood card! If a lawyer should be too tough to be bullied, how much more so a special forces soldier? If he was worthy…
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Continue reading →: The biggest asylum in the world?
Councillor Terry Kelly: SING IT OUT LOUD – GOD HELP AMERICA. Councillor Kelly doesn't like America. He's much more fond of Cuba. As a proud member of Scottish Labour, he might actually be to the left of his hero, Fidel Castro. Linking to him is enough, really. His blog is…
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Continue reading →: There speaks a true blogger
Global Voices Online » Iran: “My interrogator had read all my posts”. If you read this story and felt jealous, you may be taking your blogging too seriously.
THE LAST DITCH
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Tom is a retired international lawyer. He was a partner in a City of London law firm and spent almost twenty years abroad serving clients from all over the world.
Returning to London on retirement in 2011, he was dismayed to discover how much liberty had been lost in the UK while he was away.
He’s a classical liberal (libertarian, if you must) who, like his illustrious namesake, considers that
“…government even in its best state is but a necessary evil; in its worst state an intolerable one.”
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